About Me
👋🏽 Hi, I’m Dr. Jody-Ann S. Jones
I’m an AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer, Data Engineer, and Educator. I bring deep technical expertise and humanistic thinking to every solution I build.
🚀 CEO of The Data Sensei | Technical Adviser, UmaVoice
I’m the Founder and CEO of The Data Sensei, a data analytics consultancy that delivers custom ML solutions, corporate training, and AI strategy for organizations ready to become data-driven.
I’m also a Co-Founder and Technical Adviser for UmaVoice, an assistive communication (AAC) app that helps non-verbal individuals express themselves more freely. Built with Flutter, Firebase, and TensorFlow Lite, UmaVoice is already live in the app stores — and we’re just getting started.
💡 What I Do
I specialize in building end-to-end, production-grade data and ML systems that create measurable impact. My work spans startups, nonprofits, government agencies, and enterprise clients.
💼 Consulting & Product Leadership
• Design data analytics strategies for organizations
• Build ML products from scratch, from ideation to deployment
• Translate business needs into AI-powered tools that solve real problems
🧠 Machine Learning Engineering
• Develop scalable ML pipelines with FastAPI, MLflow, Scikit-learn, PyTorch, and TensorFlow
• Deploy secure, cost-effective ML solutions on AWS, Azure and GCP
• Build recommender systems, churn prediction models, segmentation engines, and more
🏗️ Data Engineering
• Orchestrate data pipelines using Apache Airflow, dbt, Spark, Docker, Kubernetes
• Transform raw data into actionable insights using modern data stacks
• Create robust dashboards and reporting tools with Power BI, Tableau, and Metabase
🧰 My Toolbox
• Languages: Python, SQL, Bash
• Data & ML Stack: Scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow, MLflow, FastAPI, Pandas
• Cloud & DevOps: AWS, Azure, Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions
• Data Engineering: Airflow, dbt, Kafka, BigQuery, Redshift, DuckDB, PostgreSQL
📊 Projects I’m Proud Of
• 🧩 UmaVoice (Co-Founder): Created an AAC app empowering non-verbal communication using predictive AI and modern mobile stacks.
• 📈 Digital Maturity Dashboard (Caribbean Export, IDB): Designed a real-time dashboard using Azure Data Factory and Power BI to help Caribbean MSMEs assess and improve digital readiness.
• 📉 Churn Prediction (Digicel): Delivered a high-impact churn model that reshaped marketing strategies and improved customer retention.
🎓 Educator, Mentor, & Speaker
As a former Data Science Lecturer at the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean, I taught students how to think critically with data — blending technical rigor with real-world context. I’ve also delivered corporate training and workshops on topics ranging from AI literacy to MLOps pipelines.
🧭 My Mission
Everything I build, teach, and lead is grounded in a simple belief:
AI should be useful, equitable, and accessible.
That’s why I prioritize working with organizations that are solving meaningful problems — from education and accessibility to economic development and social good.
🎙️ Let’s Connect
I’m always open to new collaborations, speaking engagements, or just talking shop about machine learning, ethical AI, and ML system architecture.